Wernicke's encephalopathy in colon cancer

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-367

  Papila, Berrin ^a   Yildiz, Ozcan ^b   Tural, Deniz ^b   Delil, Sakir ^a   Hasiloglu, Zehra Isik ^b   Ayan, Fadil ^a   Papila, Cigdem ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Thiamine; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINATE CALCIUM; THIAMINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; CONFUSION; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 78751550563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321457     Document Type: Article

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